Cumbria Fells and Dales, Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE), Local Action

Group

Ian Winchester - Development Officer

“Valuing the landscape, its products and its people”

Cumbria Fells & Dales RDPE Local Action Group

Grants for Farms and Forestry, Rural Business and Community Groups

Leader Approach

Liaison entre actions de développement rural.

‘Links between actions of rural development’

7 key Leader features

Cumbria Fells & Dales RDPE Local Action Group The Old StablesRedhills Penrith Cumbria CA11 0DT 01768 869533 info@fellsanddales.org.ukwww.cumbria.gov.uk/business/rdpe/fellsanddales/fellsanddales

Solway, Border and Eden RDPE Local Action GroupLocal Links Community OfficeMarket HallChurch StreetWigtonCumbriaCA9 9AA01697 349 212 info@sbeleader.org.ukwww.cumbria.gov.uk/business/rdpe/sbe/rdpesolwayborderandeden

Local Action Group Members• Allerdale Borough Council• Action with Communities in Cumbria• Barrow Borough Council• Bill Hogarth Memorial Apprenticeship Trust• British Trust for Conservation Volunteers (Northern England)• Copeland Borough Council• Country Land & Business Association• Cumbria Action for Sustainability• Cumbria Association of Councils for Voluntary Service• Cumbria Chamber of Commerce• Cumbria County Council• Cumbria – Cumberland Federation of Women’s Inst.• Cumbria – Westmorland Federation of Women’s Inst.• Cumbria Farmer Network• Cumbria Federation of Young Farmers’ Clubs• Cumbria Organics• Cumbria Rural Enterprise Agency• Cumbria Tourism• Cumbria Wildlife Trust• Cumbria Woodlands• Cumbria Youth Alliance• East Cumbria Countryside Project• Eden District Council• Eden Local Strategic Partnership• Environment Agency• Farming & Wildlife Advisory Group• Federation of Cumbria Commoners• Forestry Commission

• Friends of the Lake District• Furness Enterprise Ltd• Growing Well• International Centre for the Uplands – Cumbria• Invest in Cumbria• John Muir Award• Keswick Area Partnership Ltd (do they still exist?)• Keswick Business Improvement District Ltd (do they still exist?)• Kirkby Stephen Community Office• Lake District National Park Authority• Lake District Peninsulas Tourism Partnership• Learning & Skills Council – Cumbria• Millom & Haverigg Economic Development Group• Morecambe Bay Partnership• National Farmers’ Union• National Trust• Natural England• Northern Fells Rural Community Development Group• Nurture Lakeland (Tourism & Conservation Partnership)• One South Lakeland (South Lakeland Local Strategic Partnership )• Pentalk Network• Rural Women’s Network Groups – VAC• Sedbergh Book Town• SLDC• SLDC/Ulverston & Low Furness MTI Partnership• United Utilities• West Cumbria Development Agency• Westmorland Agricultural Society• Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority

As the Leader name suggests, it is a method ofmobilising and delivering rural development in local rural communities, rather than a fixed set

of measures to be implemented.

However !

Measures

M111 Training – farming and forestry

M114 Use of advisory services

M115 Setting up of management and advisory services

M121 Modernisation of agricultural holdings

M123 Adding value to agricultural and forestry products

M125 Co-operation for development of new products processes and technologies (farmer)

M311 Farm diversification (into non-agricultural activities)

M312 Micro-enterprise

M313 Encouragement of tourism activities

M321 Basic services for the economy and rural population

M323 Conservation and upgrading of the rural heritage

M331 Training and information for business and community

M421 Inter-regional and transnational co-operation

Who is it meant to benefit?

Economic /Skills/ Community

• Farmers, farming families and foresters.

• Local farming organisations such as cooperative groups.

• Businesses operating in rural areas.

• Locally based voluntary organisations and community groups.

• Local partnerships such as market town partnerships, community planning groups or similar.

CF&D – Projects within LDNP • £2,664,945.45 Total grant intervention

• 72 Number of projects

• £37,013.13 Average per project...........................................................................................• £280,050 Next grant panel

• 11 Projects

• £25,459 Per project

M123 – Adding value to farm and forestry products

Lakes Free Range EggCompany Ltd – The PerfectEgg (Stainton)

Installation of world leading egg processing and grading equipment

£1,963,674 project total £785,469 grant allocation Joint CF&D (75%) SB&E (25%) 11 FTE directly employed 84 Participants in training 12 Co-operation actions

M111 – Vocational training and information actions

Rural Skills Cumbria(SAC Consulting)

Training programme for farm + forestry £865,015 project total £692,701 grant allocation Joint CF&D (50%) SB&E (50%) 6,500 training days to be delivered E.g. Hedge laying, coppicing and trailer

handling

M311 – Farm Diversification

Abbot Park Farm – BandrakeHead

Catering equipment £35,196.96 project total £14,078.78 grant allocation 1 FTE created Keeping farming family on

the farm.

M312 – Business creation and development

Traction Engine DrivingExperience – BroughtonIn Furness

New road tyres £8,812.50 project total £3,525 grant allocation 2 FTE safeguarded Delivering tourist experience days +

actual driving tests for traction engine owners

M321 – Basic services for the economy and rural population

Village Agents - SouthLakeland Age UK

Ambleside, Grasmere and Staveley £27,834 project total £11,452 grant allocation 1 FTE created (x3 individuals) Promotion of social inclusion E.g. Accessing allowances, benefits, knowledge

transfer + prevention schemes (electric blankets)

Where next?

• RDPE will continue to operatethrough to 2013, as requiredunder the European RuralDevelopment Regulation.

• CAP changes are currently being scrutinized, may result in ‘Leader like’ programme starting in 2015.

Where next? • Defra commitment to

upland areas may remain key focus.

• CF&D/LDNP well placed if uplands are key priority.

• Any change in UK administration may change focus/emphasis on rural affairs.

• In UK, 2015 timeframe is more likely to manifest itself as 2016 .

• European Social Fund may be possible source of funding.

• European Region Development Fund may also be possible funding source.

Thank You.

Any Questions?